Belfast

Album: Love For Sale (1977)
Charted: 8
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  • Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Got to have a believin'
    Got to have a believin'
    Got to have a believin'
    All the people
    'Cause the people are leavin'
    When the people believin'
    When the people believin'
    When the people believin'
    All the children cause the children
    Are leavin'

    Belfast
    Belfast
    When the country rings the leaving bell you're lost
    Belfast
    Belfast

    When the hate you have
    For one another's past
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try
    To tell the world the reason why
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast
    It's the country that's changin'
    Oh, it's the country that's changin'
    It's the country that's changin'
    All the people
    'Cause the people are leavin'
    It's the world that's deceivin'
    It's the world that's deceivin'
    It's the world that's deceivin'
    All the people
    'Cause the people believin'

    Belfast
    Belfast
    When the country rings the leaving bell you're lost
    Belfast
    Belfast

    When the hate you have
    For one another's past
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try
    To tell the world the reason why
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast

    When the children believin'
    When the children believin'
    When the children believin'
    All the people
    'Cause the people are leavin'
    When the people are leavin' (you)
    When the people are leavin'
    When the people are leavin'
    All the children
    'Cause the children believin'

    Belfast
    Belfast
    When the country rings the leaving bell you're lost
    Belfast
    Belfast

    When the hate you have
    For one another's past
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try (You can try)
    You can try
    To tell the world the reason why
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast Writer/s: DRAFI DEUTSCHER, JIMMY BILSBURY, JOE MENKE
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Premnath D from KeralaThis song I have been searching .. it resonates subtly with the events that unfolded following British atrocities on the catholic minority of Northern Ireland following its partition from the Protestant England. The hypocrisy of the BBC in creating and airing the video on Indian Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi thus stands exposed.
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandThe non-British nature of the writers was shown up by the lyrics referring to Belfast as a "country", as it is merely a city.
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